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Poor valueActiveWild Side · $5 · Louisiana Lottery
Wild Side: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.67 on average.
▼ -27.8 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
▼ -27.8 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $5 LA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM
Wild Side is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Louisiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 33.4%, down 27.8 percentage points from the launch value of 61.2%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 38% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
33.4%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
2 of 6
$100K top prizes left
38%
claimed · 705k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 154,911 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
86 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 33,153 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.67 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$1.49 · 29.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.18 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
154,877 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
38% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
705k
tickets claimed · 38%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
62%
33% of top prizes remain with 62% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Louisiana Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 LA peers
#4 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Louisiana Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:17 PM.
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